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A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Lisbon or Vienna?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Lisbon for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Lisbon’s own page.

Choose Vienna for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Vienna’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Lisbon 50, Vienna 27: Lisbon leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Lisbon 75, Vienna 68: Lisbon leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Lisbon 78, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Lisbon 75, Vienna 50: Lisbon leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lisbon 75, Vienna 62: Lisbon leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Lisbon 82, Vienna 74: Lisbon leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Lisbon 62, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Lisbon 66, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Lisbon 60, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Lisbon 55, Vienna 44: Lisbon leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lisbon 60, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lisbon 36, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lisbon and Vienna.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Lisbon
65match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

Vienna
66match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLisbonVienna
Official languagePortugueseGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation100 m151 m
Main airportLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLisbonVienna
City population545,7962,028,289
People per km²5,4534,890
Museums within 10 km80152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.